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May 4, 2008
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Hiring in a 2.0 World (smb7)

Boston Social Media Breakfast 7 was this past Thursday, on the topic of Hiring and Getting Hired in a 2.0 world.

Presenting were:


As is typical for SMB in Boston (not sure if this is true elsewhere) the event was well covered with lifestreamers, video bloggers, podcasters, and plain old bloggers in attendance - I’ve collected some of the links below. The most surprising and interesting to me (since I had already met, read the blogs of, and follow on twitter Aaron, Todd, and Chris) was Stever, who handed out a four-page printout of the Ten Great Cultural Career Lies. It’s good stuff - things I wish a career coach had told me a decade ago.

Here’s video of Stever’s presentation, via Qik, from CoBrandit:

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